Combined ironing-board and table



` (No Model.)

' M. RANSOM.'

COMBINED IRONING BUARDAND TABLE. No. 880,818. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

N4 PEIERS Phoxu-Limngmphnr. Washington. D. c.

Nirnn -raras MARY RANSOM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED IRONING-BOARD AND TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I Patent No.330,618, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed October 9, 1884. Serial No. 145,047. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY RANsoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Board and Kitchen-Table Combined, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to an improvement in a combined ironing-board and table; and it consists, essentially, in providing an ordinary kitchen-table with an ironing-board, which is hinged at one end to the frame of said table, the other end being free to swing in a vertical direction, allowing the free end of the board to be raised for the reception of a skirt or other article which it is necessary to place around the board to facilitate the ironing thereof; and in providing the table with a hinged top and an auxiliary leg, the top being thrown back and resting upon the auxiliary leg when the ironing-board is exposed and in use, the top thus forming a leaf, upon which the clothes may be placed as ironed, all combined and arranged as hereinafter described, and specically pointed out in the claim. A small leaf is also hinged to one end of the table for the reception of a flat-iron or other implement used. This table is also provided with a guard of canvas or other suitable material, which is securely fastened at one side to the side piece of the table-frame, the other side of the canvas being attached to a roller for the purpose of rolling it up and securing it when not Vin usc.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the ironing-board and table as ready for use. Fig. 2 shows the table when not in use for ironing, the top being in place, and the auxiliary leg folded to the side of the table.

The table-frame A may be of any ordinary form or construction commonly used in the kitchen for domestic purposes. The top C is hinged at one side to one of the side pieces of the table-frame by the hinges l) b in such a manner that it may be turned back so far as to rest upon the leg D, which is also hinged to the same side piece to which the leaf is attached, in such a manner as to allow of its being folded to the side piece when not in use. Journaled in the legs d cl and supported thereby is the roller c, upon which the canvas guard D is rolled when not in use, and to which one side of the canvas is attached, the other side being fastened by any suitable means to the other side of the table-frame, the same forming when in use a bag-like receptacle to protect the clothes from Contact with the floor, as shown in Fig. l. One of the ends of the frame A, as ai g, is recessed to a depth equal to the thicknessV of the ironingboard B, and in which recess rests the ironing-board, it being attached to the end piece of the frame by the hinge a, the other end of the board being sunk into a corresponding recess in the frame, as at g', thus bringing the top of the board B flush with the top ot' the table-frame, so that said frame shall furnish a support for the top G at all points when it is in position t0 be used as an ordinary table. The recesses g and g also serve the purpose of holding the ironing-board firmly in place and prevent it from swaying under the action of the irons, while the hinge a at one end a1- lows its opposite end to be readily turned up to receive such articles as need to surround it while being ironed. Asmall leaf, E, is hinged to one end of the table-frame for the purpose of holding an iron or other implement, and is supported when in use by the pivoted braces n. By providing an auxiliary leg the top of the table when turned back still answers its original purpose. The auxiliary leaf E is of great use as a resting-place for the. irons while the operator is arranging the goods to be ironed upon the board.

I do not, therefore, broadly claim an ironing-board in connection with the table; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An ironing-table consisting of the frame A, provided with an auxiliary leaf, E, swinging top C, and leaf-supports D n, adjustable guard D, and hinged ironing-board B, resting v in recesses in the top of the frame, all the parts being constructed and arranged in the manner shown and described.

MARY RANSOM.

Witnesses:

FREDK. WESTON, WM. M. RANsoM. 

